As such, money, and the system that supports it, isn't really the true culprit here of course. That complex of problems serves to make things a lot worse, mind you, but we all know that it is as the comic strip Pogo once put it: "We have seen the enemy and the enemy is us."
Giving in to indifference. Giving in to despair. Giving in to the powerlessness that a few would certainly like to preserve in the rest of us. Frail and weak in many respects, we are still, however, capable of great compassion and caring. There wouldn't be an earth day otherwise because we can never really get away from being connected to connection itself. Meaningful connection. And if you look at it right you will see that this planet was the beginning of meaningful connection for all living things; us included. Which means we must have our own inherent meaning as well. If only we could see it.
And maybe. Just maybe. We are being given this one last chance to show up and be there for her when it really matters the most because now it really does. Our choices now will determine if meaning will continue or not. All of this amazing, meaningful, interdependence that life developed, and that we have been systematically destroying. Mostly because we can't stop being so caught up in our own petty differences with each other; centered of course on which is the correct way to live, and believe, and which isn't, when we all should share at least one common goal: the preservation of life itself, first and foremost.
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